Ed Patrovsky: A Ranger for Responsible Recreation
While working at BLM and NPS, Ed witnessed widespread agency indifference to the violence against land management employees ...
Amy Griffin: Amy’s List and Toxic Turf
Because of our past involvement with the issue, Amy came to PEER for help bringing worldwide attention to the dangers of toxic turf ...
Tim Caverly: Protecting Paradise
Ranger Tim Caverly ran afoul of a powerful Maine state legislator pushing for more motorized access and other development on the river ...
Brian Czech: Wrestling the 800-Pound Gorilla
Brian was hired in 1999 as among the first Conservation Biologists in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. When he began to raise awareness of the trade-off between economic growth and wildlife conservation, Refuge System leadership got cold feet and started issuing gag orders ...
Water & Brimstone
Environmental scientist Barry Sulkin begins to study the impact of recreational ATV activity on the rivers and creeks that feed into the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River, a protected national treasure ...
Zoe Kelman: Sounding Chromium Alarm
Zoe Kelman was a New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection chemical engineer who blew the whistle on the state's inaction on chromium--the Erin Brockovich chemical ...